Dart and Braden Capco Leases

The Dart and Braden Capco Leases is a chromium mine located in Placer county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Dart and Braden Capco Leases  

State:  California

County:  Placer

Elevation:

Commodity: Chromium

Lat, Long: 39.1025, -120.77667

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Dart and Braden Capco Leases MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Dart and Braden Capco Leases
Secondary: Claims: Port Wine
Secondary: Horseshoe


Commodity

Primary: Chromium


Location

State: California
County: Placer
District: Forest Hill Divide Area


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Drone, L. E., E. D. And J. W.

Owner Name: Knudsen, R. N.


Production

Year: 1942
Material type: CON CR
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47.39% Cr2o3


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: LENSE

Form: LENSE


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Development): A SMALL WASHING PLANT WAS OPERATED ON THE HORESESHOE CLAIM IN NE OF NE, SECT. 30.

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSISTED OF AN IRREGULAR OPEN CUT AND SEVERAL PITS.

Comment (Geology): DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE EASTERNMOST OF 3 SUBPARALLEL BELTS OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS THAT TREND NORTHWARD ACROSS THE COUNTY


References

Reference (Production): CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 200, 217.

Reference (Deposit): RYNEARSON, G.A., 1953, CDMG BULL 134, PT. 3, CHAPT. 5, P. 200, 217, 308


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